Plugs and voltage
Eswatini uses Type M sockets; Types C and N are also found. Mains supply is 230 V at 50 Hz.
At 230 V, devices made only for 100–127 V (many American and Japanese hair dryers, curling irons and some shavers) will be damaged without a step-down converter. Chargers labelled “100–240V” work fine with just a plug adapter.
Money
SZL Swazi Lilangeni SZL
Average in 2025: 1 USD = 17.89 SZL (World Bank). No daily reference rate is published for this currency by the ECB; check a live rate before exchanging.
Price level 42 (US = 100, 2021)
Everyday household prices in Eswatini are about 42% of US prices when converted at market exchange rates: cheaper than the median country (50). All countries
Language
- Englishofficial80%
- Swatiofficial58%
Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).
Time
Eswatini is on UTC+2, with no daylight saving time.
Driving
Traffic in Eswatini drives on the left, so the steering wheel is on the right. All left-driving countries
Public holidays in the next 12 months
12 national public holidays from 2 November 2026. Banks, offices and many shops close; regional holidays are not shown. Dates marked “estimated” follow a lunar calendar and can move by a day.
December 2026
- Christmas Day
- Boxing Day
January 2027
- New Year's Day
March 2027
- Good Friday
- Easter Monday
April 2027
- King's Birthday
- National Flag Day
- National Flag Day (observed)
May 2027
- Worker's Day
- Ascension Day
July 2027
- Birthday of Late King Sobhuza
September 2027
- Independence Day
Travel advisories
United States · State Department
Level 2 Exercise increased caution
Read the full advisory. Checked 2026-11-02.
United Kingdom · FCDO
No warnings The FCDO does not advise against travel to Eswatini.
Updated 2025-12-10. Read the full advice. Checked 2026-11-02.
Advisories are written for each government's own citizens and change without notice: read the original before you travel.
Other practical facts
- Calling code
- +268
- Internet domain
- .sz
- Measurement
- Metric
- Paper size
- A4
- Week starts on
- Monday
- Read more
- Wikipedia
More in Southern Africa
Flag: Flag of Eswatini.svg, Public domain. Arms: Coat of arms of Eswatini.svg, Public domain. Electricity: resolved by intl.life from three sources, see methodology.
